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28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me;
I will pay him back for his deed!”[a]

Lesson of the Lazy

30 I passed by the field of the slacker,
by the vineyard of one lacking judgment.

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28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause(A)
    would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
    I’ll pay them back for what they did.”(B)

30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(C)
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

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